2024 - 69th Edition

Brief History of a Family

Jia ting jian shi
Breve historia de una familia
Lin Jianjie
China, France, Denmark, Qatar
 - 2024
Estreno nacional
It doesn't seem easy to break the structure of a perfect family in contemporary China, but if a new member arrives unexpectedly, the ties that bind them together can become fragile. When Tu Wei befriends Shuo and takes him in, Shuo gradually begins to spend more time with them, taking advantage of the guilt Wei's parents feel about his class status and playing on their kindness to covertly plot a plan for his social advancement. From the Official Section of the Sundance Film Festival comes Jianjie Lin's debut feature, echoing Parasites (2019) and Saltburn (2023), though its enigmatic mise-en-scène takes us down enigmatic paths, perversely analysing economic and social expectation in China and turning the apparent warmth of home into a silent, calculating battleground.
Lin Jianjie

After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, his passion for deciphering human existence led him to filmmaking. He received his MFA degree in filmmaking from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His short films, ‘A Visit’ (2015) and ‘Gu’ (2017) were screened at many international film festivals. ‘Hippopotami’, his latest short, which he shot before the feature, is in post-production. ‘Brief History of a Family’ (2024), his feature film debut, premiered at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals before winning two awards at the Beijing International Film Festival.

Screenings

O.V. in Mandarin subtitled in English and Spanish
Fri. 25, 19:30
Presentation
Q&A
Sat. 26, 10:15
Sat. 26, 21:30
DIRECTOR
Lin Jianjie
SCREENPLAY
Lin Jianjie
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Zhang Jiahao
EDITOR
Per K. Kirkegaard
SOUND
Margot Testemale, Jacques Pedersen
MUSIC
Toke Brorson Odin
PRODUCTION
Lou Ying, Zheng Yue, Wang Yiwen, Zhou Ping, Rikke Tambo Andersen
PRODUCTION COMPANY
First Light Films, Films du Milieu, Tambo Film
CAST
Zu Feng, Guo Keyu, Sun Xilun, Lin Muran
RUNNING TIME
99 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
VERSION
V.O. en mandarín subtitulada en español e inglés
COUNTRY
China, France, Denmark, Qatar
CONTACT
IN SPAIN

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